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Clock's Chimes

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January 9, 2009

Problem Statement

A clock chimes once at 30 30 minutes past each hour and chimes on the hour according to the hour. For example, at 1 PM there is one chime and at noon and midnight there are twelve chimes. Starting at 11:15 AM on February 26 26, 2003 2003, on what date will the 2003rd 2003^{\text{rd}} chime occur? <spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span> March 8<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span> March 9<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span> March 10<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span> March 20<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span> March 21 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \text{March 8} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \text{March 9} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \text{March 10} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \text{March 20} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{March 21}
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